Great Bend Municipal
GBD · KGBD · Great Bend, Kansas · Barton County · map
Great Bend Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Great Bend, 4 miles west of Great Bend, Kansas, 1,887 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 7,852 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGBD · observed 4:56 pm CDT (21:56 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 13 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm CDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am CDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the north at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGBD 062156Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR 31/13 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP117 T03060128 $
TAF KGBD 061720Z 0618/0718 21013KT P6SM SKC FM070100 18007KT P6SM SKC FM071300 26005KT P6SM SKC FM071600 36007KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GBD · ICAO KGBD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Great Bend
- Elevation
- 1,887 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:30 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 7,852 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 4,706 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Hutchinson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.8 | |
| Gbd and aWOS-3PT | 119.275 | |
| Great Bend Rco | 122.5 | Great Bend · Communications provided by wichita radio on frequency 122.5 (Great Bend rco). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 620-792-5019.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Great Bend from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Great Bend, Kansas: 29 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 2 drones, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Calm wind runway 18.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18; PAPI runway 11, 18 and 29; VASI runway 36; medium-intensity runway lights 11/29 and 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- After 1800 by request.
- 24 hour credit card service available.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.